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Shallow Brown – My Favorite Sea Shanty

Well, I sat down this afternoon to try to write this really great post about how I am going to change my career and become a starving artist. Sadly after several hours of writing I was left with no conclusion and a lot of rambling philosophy. Guess I am keeping my day job for now.

So instead I want to share with you my favorite sea shanty, “Shallow Brown.” I’ve mentioned a few times that I like shanties and it’s the music I listen to when I work. There is just something about a good old working song that just makes me want to break out in song.

I will resist the temptation to record a video of me singing and posting it to youtube.

The song is described by Stan Hugill in his book, “Shanties form the Seven Seas” as a song that started out as being used at…